Six String Guitar · Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

BmM9♯5B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th

A♯Root

C♯tone

F♯tone

Atone

Ctone

Formula 7 · 2 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2 · Notes A♯ · C♯ · F♯ · A · C

How to play it

BmM9♯5 fingering positions

Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1, low E on the left. Each dot is colour-coded by note — the ringed dot is the root. Numbers below show the fret per string (x = muted).

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 5 5 7 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 x 8 5 7 5) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 5th position (6 7 5 5 x 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 11 8 10 10 9) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 8th position (x 11 9 10 10 8) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (18 x 17 17 19 20) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (18 x 20 17 19 17) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar chord — 17th position (18 19 17 17 x 20) fretboard diagram in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Read it as tab

BmM9♯5 guitar tab

The same voicings in tablature — high e on top, low E on the bottom. Each fret number is colour-coded by note; the ringed number is the root, × means don’t play that string.

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 5 5 7 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 x 8 5 7 5) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 5th position (6 7 5 5 x 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 11 8 10 10 9) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 8th position (x 11 9 10 10 8) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (18 x 17 17 19 20) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (18 x 20 17 19 17) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

B Minor major 9th Sharp 5th guitar tab — 17th position (18 19 17 17 x 20) in Open E Tuning (EBEG♯BE) · Capo 1

Sound

How BmM9♯5 sounds

Consonance

2/ 5

Brightness

DarkBright

Character

Moods & genres

Moods

hauntinglush

Genres

film score

Theory

Notes & relationships

NotesA♯ · C♯ · F♯ · A · C

Formula (scale degrees)7 · 2 · 5 · ♭7 · ♭2

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